Gutter or eaves-trough hanger or support



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Patented July 19,

N SALMONSEN GUTTER 0R EAVES THOUGH HANGER 0R SUPPORT. APPLlCATlON FILED Aums. 1920.

earner or ies,

BROTHERS COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLV OF PENNSYLVANIA.

NIA, A CORPORATION GUTTER 0R EAVES-TROUG-H HANGER 0R SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 18, 1920. Serial No. 404,344.

To all whom it may concem:

Be it known that I, NEIL SALMONSEN, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Gutter or Eaves-Trough Hanger or Support, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of a gutter or eaves trough hanger or support consisting of an attaching plate, a stem pendant therefrom, and a base or bed member on which the gutter is placed and supported and which is connectible with said stem, said plate being the novel feature, it being provided with cars which are integral with the same and adapted to have the adjacent portion of said stem guided thereon and screwed, bolted or otherwise attached thereto whereby a firm, strong, reliably-assembled and inexpensive device is produced.

The invention is satisfactorily illustrated in the accompanying drawing, but the important instrumentalities thereof may be varied, and so it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the specific details shown and described, as long as they are Within the spirit or scope of the claims.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a.

gutter hanger embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 represents a front elevation thereof.

Fig. 3 represents a perspective view of the attaching plate of the device on an enlarged scale.

Fig. 4 represents a perspective view of the stem of the device.

Fig. 5 represents a horizontal section of the plate on line 55, Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 represents a side elevation of another embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 7 represents a front elevation of the plate shown in Fig. 6.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the "figures.

Referring to the drawings,

1 represents the plate adapted to attach the device to a rafter or other member adjacent to a gutter or eaves-trough.

2 designates the vertical stem or bar of the device, the same being secured to said plate, and depending therefrom, and 3 designates a circular bed or base member comprising the hanger proper of the gutter or eaves trough which is connected with the side of said stem, which parts excepting the feature of my invention applied to the plate 1 are known in the art.

The plate 1 is formed of suitable metal or other material having thereon a pair of outwardly extending ears 4 which are punched from the body of the plate and removed therefrom and bent or turned angularly outwardly therefrom and separated a sufiicient extent forming a passage to receive the adjacent portion of the stem between the same.

vOpenings 5 are formed in the opposite ears, and an opening 6 is formed in the adjacent portion of the stem 2, said openings 5 and 6 being in register, 'and a screw 7 is passed through said openings and tightened whereby the ears are clamped firmly against the contiguous portions of the stem between them and so retain said stem firmly con nected with said ears and consequently with the plate. The ears also form guides for locating the stem vertically true on the plate and as the opposite sides of the stem are held by said ears, said stem is not liable to be wrenched off from the plate by lateral motions of the stem. Furthermore, as the ears are integral members of the plate composed of portions of the latter punched-out and turned forwardly from the plate they are strong and durable and obviate the employment of separate ears to be riveted or otherwise secured to the plate or cast therewith, thus avoiding joints of the ears and plate that are liable to rust, while saving the expense of such separate ears and means for attaching the same to the plate.

The bed or support 3 is connected with the stem by the screw 8 which is adapted to pass through the relative terminal portion of the bed, and an opening 9 in the stem and tightened whereby said bed or support is held firmly in position it being noticed that said stem and the hanger proper have there in a. series of openings so that the stem and the bed may be adjusted vertically relatively to requirements, but these features are well known in the art.

In Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the plate is of quadrilateral form and adapted to be applied to a fiat rafter or other attachment, while in Figs. 6 and 7 the plate which is similar to that shown in the previous figures has a curved extension 1 for attachment to a rafter or piece of curved form. The plates Patented July 19, 1921.

shown have therein openings to receive screws, nails or other fastenings as well known.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

1. In a gutter hanger, an attaching and supporting device for the stem of the hanger proper, the same comprising in a single integral element a plate and an ear, said ear being formed by the displacement of the material of the plate upon three sides and its disposition at an angle to said plate, the said ear having an opening for the reception of the means for securing the plate to the stem.

2. Ina gutter hanger, an attaching device for the hanger proper, consisting of a plate, an ear thereon, a stem and hanger proper, said ear being integral with the material of said plate separated therefrom along its major portion and bent outwardly at an anplaced therefrom along their major boundaries and bent outwardly therefrom, with a passage between them for the engagement and connection of the depending stem of the hanger proper.

4:. In a gutter gral spaced apart ears with perforations, a stem received between said ears, and means passed through said perforations and the stem, said plate having a curved extension hanger, a plate having intefor attachment to a support of curved form.

NEIL SALMONSEN. WVitnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERsHEIM, N. BUSSINGER. 

